Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ TOSOV (BOOK 2) ❯ BOUND, GAGGED, AND RESCUED ( Chapter 21 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

ANGST/YAOI WARNING! Z/V paring, lemon, visit to the other dimension. G/V pairing. Many other pairings. Thanx go to the authors of 'Why Zarbon Hates Vegeta' and 'Like Tousan'. I borrowed on UR idea and expanded it a bit.


CHAPTER XXIII


BOUND, GAGGED AND RESCUED

Vegeta flitted in and out of consciousness, as the drug that Zarbon kept pumping into his Saiyan blood, kept him both mindless and incoherent. As much as he wanted to fight against such helplessness, his power was all but gone. He sent silent prayers to the God who had created him and the entire universe requesting just to stay alive and protect the life growing within his body. He was aware of a connected feeling and he groaned as he remembered the bonds he held with his two mates, his siblings, his offspring and his mother. They would be experiencing this ordeal along with him. Why hadn't he broken the bonds, then his loved ones wouldn't be in harm's way? Just then, he found himself in the other dimension. The dimension where he was both corporeal and ethereal, both body and spirit. He looked around and saw not only his present family, but also those Saiya-jin who had parished during Frieza's vicious attack on Planet Vegeta or in any other battle-related incident. These included his sire, the king, Kakarrot's sire, Bardock, Nappa, Raditz, Turles, Paragus and his son, Broli.

"What are you all doing here? You're all living beings except Outusan and the others," the prince exclaimed when his family and friends moved to greet him in the spirit world.

"We're connected to you, Vegetami, in one way or another. Those of us here now are very closely linked to you," Ceraina smiled into her prince's eyes as he held her tightly.

"I-I'm sorry, mi amours. I'm sorry to have brought you all down here with me. If I could, I'd sever the mind bonds and you could all return to the corporeal world," Vegeta felt the tears as they ran down his cheeks.

"What is this weakness, boy? You, my no Ouji, making apologies and shedding tears! That planet you inhabit is making you soft as an egg!" the Saiya-jin no Ou exclaimed with an angry hiss.

The beings could move freely and interact with one another; thus the Saiyan queen moved to be with her mate. "Calm down, Ou-ami. The boy's always had a tender heart. You all could learn a lot from him, you know. It was Frieza who turned our entire race into the monsters that ended the existence of most of the race, but you, my king, had the insight to send a majority of us away then attempted to rescue our race's future monarch. I've always told him to use-

"Use your emotions to attain the unattainable. Yes, my queen, I know. It seems much has been going on since our departure so many years ago. Tell us, did you all ever find a new home for the Saiya-jin?" the king asked and his queen nodded then began to tell him about the Planet Kale.

"I see that little mud ball called Earth is still spinning. I thought that you and Nappa would have destroyed it after my transmission," Raditz, Kakarrot's elder brother, remarked in a snide manner.

"Would have done had my Saiyan pride and power never been challenged. Nappa can tell you we had gone there, against Frieza's orders of course, with the intent of taking that planet's Dragon Balls. We were gonna wish for immortality to fight Frieza and avenge the deaths of our people. We found hostile resistance when six of their warriors rose to challenge us. Among the warriors, we found a Namek and I remembered that his people were the originators of the balls like the ones we had on Vegetasei. Nonetheless, we had some Saiba seeds that Nappa planted to fight the opposing force. They took care of four of them. The Namek sacrificed himself to save the half bred spawn of your brother, but before all of that, the resistance began spouting threats of Goku this and Goku that. I asked if that Goku was the same one we knew as Kakarrot. They confirmed it, so I called the fight to wait for him. It was a three-hour wait. He didn't show so we continued. Finally, that weakling did show up and began to dish out serious damage. First he dealt Nappa a savage blow. He had been damaged beyond use for me, which is what landed him here.

"Then your brother came at me. I offered him Nappa's place at my side. That's when I found out what an idiot he was. He refused me. Me, the Saiyan no Ouji, he refused my request! Then we began fighting and everything I ever held sacred, my pride, my honor, my strength and my belief that I was the strongest of our race began to crumble from under me at a frightening rate. To make a long explanation short, the Earth-jin beat the snot out of the terror of the universe. I managed to get back to one of Frieza's planet's, get healed then I found out that Frieza had heard what I had told Nappa about the planet Namek being the original home of the Dragon Balls, so he beat me there. He had already collected five of them. I managed to get one. Kakarrot's little Earth friends and his son had been sent to Namek with the same purpose, they had been given one. It was an all out war for the Dragon Balls with no one really winning because the Eldest Namek who powered the balls died then the balls were rendered useless but not until the first wish had been made, which was to restore life to all those Frieza had killed. That wish included myself," the prince related.

"Frieza had killed you? We thought that you would be the one to defeat him! What happened?" Nappa shrieked.

"Bardock's brat happened, all right? He somehow made the legend come true before I could ever think straight! He beat me to my birthright. Avenged our people against Frieza but he didn't kill him like he should have done. My son from Earth's future did that but now, some sick twisted mind has wished that piece of trash back to the corporeal plane. Kakarrot attained the coveted SSJ level two years after learning that he had been born one of us but that's ancient history. I'm glad I never destroyed the planet," the prince scowled.

"And why is that, my prince?" Vegeta Ou asked his son.

"Take a look," the prince directed everyone's attention to the location of his home.

"What's this, your highness?" Turles, a Saiyan who could have been Goku's twin brother, asked in shock.

"It's our home on an unclaimed island. The island stretches several thousand miles and is made up of volcanoes, mountains, wilderness, deserts and valleys. It's perfect for training and raising a family," the prince admitted in a hushed voice.

"You, raising a family? There are no Saiya-jin... Oh, stupid Raditz, I'm looking at hundreds of them as it is, aren't I? Vegeta, are you telling me that you found these Saiya-jin, mated with one and started to settle down?" Raditz asked in disbelief.

"I didn't know any of those people lived on that little mud ball until the human I had mated with forced me to get a job. I got a job as a blasting agent for a construction company, which was ironically owned by Emanu Humizu. His niece, Ceraina, became my blast partner," the prince blushed.

"Ceraina. Ceraina, I know that name. Wasn't she at the training center?" Raditz asked in bewilderment.

"Yeah. After my sparring match with you, I'd sneak down there to spar with her," the prince admitted as he embraced his princess.

"Don't worry, Vegeta, we all suspected but weren't sure. I mean, who'd believe the word of a third class warrior's son. She's beautiful, I want you to know that," Kakarrot's eldest brother remarked with a smirk.

Kakarrot looked at Raditz and gasped as if seeing that being for the first time, then he looked at the prince. Onya put her hand to her lips and the others reacted much the same, except for the prince, the king and Bardock, who leaned over to the king.

"Do you think they suspect?" he asked his monarch.

"They might be putting two and two together. I didn't think they'd be near identical twins five years apart. You did a masterful job, Bardonami," the king whispered to Bardock who nodded.

"I just wish I could have had another for you, Oujami," Bardock sighed and the king patted his shoulder.

"I wish you could have, too, but Sunnyri had them," the king nodded.

"Where did all the Saiya-jin come from, Vegeta Ouji?" Turles asked as he gazed at the site.

"They took refuge on Earth. Currently, there are eight hundred of our people, two hundred Tsuria-jin and two hundred fifty Rockaria-jin. There's also mutant Earth-jin with powers like our own in various forms. Kakarrot's ex human mate dwells with us. She just found out that her youngest son is my son's brother bond mate," the prince snickered.

"And you all dwell in harmony, no Ouji mi?" the king asked.

The elder Prince Vegeta nodded. "Yes, Vegeta Ousan, at least we had until the Tsurian prince grew a brain and decided to attack me. He captured me, drugged me and is at this moment having the time of his life with my outer form," the elder prince choked on the explanation which opened a window to the outer world and the place where the prince's outer form hang in capture.

As if seeing a frightening scene in a horror movie, gasps, screams and hiss left the mouths of the crowd in the in between world. However, one of those beings gasped then stifled a cry of anger.

"Vegeta, can I kill him when we return to consciousness?" Kakarrot asked, tears stinging his eyes at the sight of his passion being tortured and abused.

"I have to return to bring you all back. He said I'd have to die before he lets me go. If I ever hated him before, I hate him more now! None of you should be here. Not my mates nor my offspring let alone any of yours, and all because I didn't sever the mind link," Vegeta fought against losing his control in front of the other Saiya-jin.

"How pathetic! Vegeta the no Ouji shedding tears over his situation. You get to that weak as water planet full of bleeding hearts and turned it one yourself!" Paragus mocked and several Saiya-jin laughed.

Although he had no power in the physical corporeal dimension, in the ethereal world, he retained his SSJ and Pilzara powers. His spirit body was that of his pre-carrying form-the streamline, fighting machine of sculptured solid muscles. The prince whipped around and chi flew from every strand of his hair. He was not in SSJ mode. Those who had mocked him found themselves flying into a wall that was solid. They hit like thunder.

"How dare you mock me! It takes more strength to cry than to fire a chi blast! It takes more strength to admit weakness and a need for assistance than to try and do it all oneself! I have more strength in one strand of this hair than all of you pathetic weaklings have in your entire bodies! I have learned a great deal about myself, about what true pride and strength are and about the importance of family. Most of all, the son my mother bore into the universe returned with a vengeance! He took over my life and changed the being that Frieza had turned me into and I like him!" The prince stood shaking when he felt something encircle his shoulders. He twisted. "Kakarrot, let go of me! Now is not the time!" the prince shouted then turned to find... "Raditz?"

"Vegeta, you're my prince and I'm sworn to protect you. I will avenge your innocence, which that blue freak and his white demon master took from you in the first place. I will help free you from this torture. I'm glad the other less harsh Prince Vegeta resurfaced. He was a lot of fun to both train and hang with. It was that young boy that a third class powerhouse female had fallen in love with," Raditz smiled over at Ceraina.

The two of them gasped at Raditz. "How did you know about us? I kept that a secret!" Vegeta's hair sparked with his anger.

""Simmer down, tiger. Her aunt, Kakarrot's mother, told me about seeing you visit a house across from hers. She watched you fly to the window with a handful of berrycynths in your hands. She was totally surprised by what she had seen but she dismissed it until she saw you several times after that," Raditz nodded.

"Is that true, boy?" the king asked, his brows furrowed in thought.


"Does is matter? I was a little boy and took advantage of my position. Parlissa disappointed me, so I went to chose another. It is not unheard of! Another thing about strength is being able to shed tears from a heart that was once ice cold and in front of beings who, when they were mortal would have blasted me into this dimension. The only thing that stopped him was his own mate," Vegeta, the no Ouji, looked at his parents who stood in the circle of one another's arms. "P-poppa?" the prince fell to his knees at the sight.



"I told you, Ichimi, Vegeta Ou loved me as you love Ceraina, your sibs, your offspring and Kakarrot. We never showed it outside because of that tyrant Frieza. That being changed our entire race. He poisoned us into being the spiteful, ruthless planet killers he wanted us to be. We never harmed planets weaker than we were, except when the ancestors took over Planet Vegeta. Vegeta Ou loved you three unlike any previous Saiyan monarch. He also allowed the open males to thrive and raise their offspring, only because he is one himself. He is a good sire but the circumstances of the times forced him to be ruthless. His heart is as tender and fragile as your own," the queen smiled up at her mate and hugged him then the two of them began to glow with the flame of the Super Saiya-j.


"Ya know, with all this emotional energy present, the thin veil that separates our dimensions has begun to tear, which means when you all return to the conscious world, we will be coming with you," Bardock pointed out.


"That's impossible! You'll have no bodies and be spirits that affect the living world in the same manner as ghosts do!" Kakarrot exclaimed then he noted the distant gaze of his prince, his passion and found that the latter's glistening eyes were riveted to the site of the Saiyan monarchs.


The Saiya-jin, who had parished and were gathered, fell to their knees. Their eyes drank in the site of their king engulfed by a golden light. His red-brown hair had turned golden and his eyes had turned a strange sort of sea green color. The same went for the queen. They had undergone the same transformation.


"O-Outusan, y-you're a Super Saiyan! How?" the elder Prince Vegeta remarked.



"We Saiya-jin have been training since the day we arrived. We've fought in tournaments, fought enemies, even those we conquered for freeze face. Some have let us know that they sent off members of their races to rebuild themselves. Many are on the hunt for your head, my son. Be careful," the king cautioned.

The prince smiled at the other Saiya-jin and mostly to the king. Stepping up to Kakarrot, the prince tossed his head and said, "I have the strongest bodyguard in the universe. He'd die to protect me," Vegeta the prince threw a fleeting yet glowing gaze to Kakarrot. "So, about you're making level?"


Before the king could reply, a multitude of tiny voices echoed through the chamber where the group was gathered and broke the near silence that dominated.

"Daddy! Poppa! Dadda!" the screams called, which was then followed by the appearance of several smaller Saiya-jin, three Vegeta knew well. The prince knelt and hoisted his two five year olds into his arms and Kakarrot hoisted his granddaughter into his arms.



"How about us, dadda? We're yours, too!" shouted several voices and Vegeta looked around to see several chimps he did not recognize but yet they all had features resembling his own, Kakarrot's, Goten's, Ceraina's, Trunks' Kayla's, Kale-his brother was there with Tormatanna-Cornelia's and Cilantra's.



The prince cast a quick glance at the chimps that had gathered around his person. "Where did you find playmates in this dimension?" the prince asked his youngest offspring who stood thigh high to himself. Vegeta gazed over the gathered youngsters, his 'body' in its usual cross-armed stance after he'd set Cilvi and Endive back on the ground.

"They came with us! This is Roma, Chicory, Romaine Ginger, Anise, Cayenne, Yohimbe, and Yukama and that one didn't have a name but he looks a lot like you and Uncle Kakarrot," Cilvanti introduced the nine chimps that stood with her and Endive.

Eyes widened as the crowd looked from offspring to parents. One couldn't help but notice how six of the chimps resembled the elder prince Vegeta, three were nearly his spitting image even though one was a girl. The other two had lavender hair with black highlights running through it and had Trunks Vegeta's looks. Cayenne had Kale and Tomatanna's looks. Yukama looked like Trunksten, the fusion of Trunks and Goten, while Anise looked like the young prince and Cornelia. Yohimbe looked exactly like Yukama and could have been her twin brother, but with more of Goten's features. Ginger had spiked black hair like her parents, Kakarrot and Kayla. Chicory looked to belong to Goten and Cilantra, while Roma and Romaine were both the spitting image of the prince, except Roma looked more like a female Vegetto, a perfect blend of the prince and Kakarrot. Romaine could have been Endive's twin brother in that he was the perfect blend of Vegeta and Ceraina. The nameless child also could have been Roma's twin brother, except he had more of Kakarrot's features and could have passed for a twin Gogeta, another fusion of Kakarrot (Goku) and the prince.

The prince swallowed hard and he grasped the obvious. The mates were all breeding! But he and Kakarrot had never... Vegeta turned a sharp gaze onto his male passion. "Kakarrot, how can you be breeding? I never had inverted passion with you! Oh, wait, yes, we did. The day you had taken me to the cottage and you attacked me," Vegeta blushed at the memory.

"My prince, if he still has his opening, it functions in the lower classes the same as it does on the female. A few first class and elites had also been altered to breed," it was Bardock with the explanation.

Suddenly a blast shot through the gathered crowd of Saiya-jin and sailed straight to the prince. Sensing the energy from the blast, Kakarrot screamed for everyone to get down and the crowd of Saiya-jin hit the dirt.

"You dirty Saiya-jin, we'll kill you for what you did to our home planets!" a voice hissed in anger and hatred.

The group hesitantly lifted their heads to see hordes of spirit bodies that had once belonged to races no longer in existence. These were the faces of the beings that the Saiya-jin had eradicated in the name of Frieza. One the prince himself had erased on his own without orders from the white demon, as a form of revenge for what that dog had done to his race. Vegeta rose and looked out over the sea of panic-stricken faces. He gulped at the pang that tore at his fragile heart as hot tears sprung unbidden to his onyx eyes and cascaded down his tanned cheeks. He couldn't stop them if he tried. Sensing the distress, Kakarrot rose to stand beside his mini monarch as did Ceraina and their chimps. Cilvanti took Vegeta's right hand and Endive took his left. Roma, Romaine and the nameless one embraced the prince where they could. The prince looked down and in one motion he knelt down, embraced the five children and cried.

Silence reigned except for the choked sobs of Prince Vegeta. The sorrow touched the group of Saiya-jin so deeply that they began to weep as well. The other races did not know what to make of such a strong show of emotions from a race that had supposedly buried such hindrances long ago. Queen Sunrissa drew a deep breath and looked at the crowd.

"I-I'm speaking on behalf of my entire race when I express this as my male children have no tongue at this time. We, the Saiya-jin race ask for the forgiveness of all of you that either we or my son were forced to or willingly eradicated in the name of Frieza," she expressed with a united heartfelt humility foreign to the Saiya-jin race.

Prince Vegeta, the elder, swallowed his sorrow but did not look up. He opened his mouth to speak but what came out was a choked sob. Trunks stood beside his dad, the younger Saiya-jin not nearly as torn apart as the elders were. Putting his hand to his dad's back, the young prince began to speak.

"This is from my Outusan, Prince Vegeta, the no Ouji of the Saiya-jin race. He wishes you all to know how sorry he is and that if it were in his power to do so, he would restore everyone here so that they could rebuild. Our race would even assist," the young man had read his dad's thoughts out loud to the gathered crowd.

Slowly the Saiya-jin regained control of their emotions then rose to their feet and moved to go personally ask the forgiveness of the slaughtered races, which were so shocked by this out show, they forgave their enemy. In the outer world, two minds that were very attuned to the goings on of both dimensions had been privy to the entire scene in the nether region. Only one of those minds was closely linked to two of the visitors to the nether world.

'Vegeta, I heard your request. I'll go to Namek, gather the Dragon Balls and see if such a wish is a possibility,' Piccolo spoke in his mind and Vegeta gasped as did Goku.

"Piccolo, is that you?" Goku asked out loud.

'Of course, it's me, Goku. I've connected my mind to yours and Vegeta's,' Piccolo replied.

"Piccolo, if such a wish could be granted and restore some peace into the universe, please. I'll return to my outer form when I receive word from you. Don't forget the Saiya-jin," was all Vegeta said.

In the outer world, Piccolo related his transmission to the gathered crowd at the same time a window to the outer world opened for the other dimension to observe the goings on. Vegeta gasped as he caught sight of a familiar head of hair as blue as Zarbon's skin.

"What's she doing at our home? Piccolo, what's that female doing there? She'll ruin everything!" the prince gasped in horror at the site of his ex mate.

"Bulma. Why would she ruin everything, mi amour? She and 18 are friends, so 18 probably convinced her to assist in rescuing you from that blue asshole," Kakarrot asked, forgetting that he was not to address his passion in such an intimate fashion in a crowd.

Vegeta bristled. "Kakarrot! You should know better. She's connected to the outside world. She could reveal us, and you know how that race regards aliens and..." the prince trailed off.

King Vegeta stood silently regarding the scene of the blue alien doing what he wanted to the prince's outer form and he roared in anger. "I can't stand this! Vegeta, those chains and the barriers he has around you, how are they powered?" the king asked.

Vegeta started and turned to his sire. "Th-the barriers are computer generated. Any power surge can take them out. The collar is magnetic to draw my energy away and the chains... If I had the power to transform into Pilzara, I could break them," the prince said.

"I can infiltrate the computer; power up and that should take care of the barriers. As spirits, we can begin the rescue of our prince. My Ouji, your friends on the outside would have to do the rest," Bardock spoke.

"Once I've returned to my outer body, momma and the others will return to theirs. Kale, you might waken first, since our connection isn't as strong as it once was. Trunks, neither is ours. I'll need the two of you, once the computer is down to IT to my location after you tell everyone to implement the plan that was used to rescue our little princess from that blue haired woman. I'll need covering and senzu beans. I'll go back with Vegeta Ou and Bardock. I love you all and can't wait till this ordeal is over," the prince then went to hug everyone who had ventured into the nether world with him. He stood before Kakarrot and with a shrug, wrapped his arms around the mighty Saiyan and looked up into his shining ebony eyes. "I love you most of all, you idiot. Thank you for carrying Roma," the prince then parted his lips and Kakarrot grabbed the message and gave his passion a kiss that seemed to shake the nether world itself.

"Be safe, mi amour, I love you, too. Tell me, hun, aren't you carrying as well?" Kakarrot whispered to the prince before the latter left to return to his outer shell, leaving the large Saiyan with a smirk that said 'That's for me to know and you to find out.' The others returned to their own.

The minute Vegeta returned to his body, he screamed in excruciating pain. He couldn't open his eyes as he felt they were swollen shut from his face being pounded. He felt raw, as if his skin were hanging from his bones, his blood non-existent.

"Well, well, welcome back to the land of the living, my love. I thought I had finished you with that last blast attack, but I'm glad to see the opposite is true. Here, eat something. You haven't been conscious to touch a thing all week and I'm worried about you," a sensuous voice rasped.

Vegeta tried to lift his head but found his entire being weighed a ton. He opened his mouth. "W-why?" he croaked out. The prince had enough body fat to sustain the chimp that he carried within his body although, he was still worried that the lack of energy would soon begin to take it's toll on the child just the same.

"Why? Well, that's easy to answer. Revenge. Revenge for killing me on Namek, revenge for being Frieza's favorite and revenge for sending Raditz from me before I could make that monkey my own slave. I hate you, Vegeta, for all those things but I also love you like I've never loved any other being Frieza had forced me to take. Any punishment you endure, you deserve!" and with that, Zarbon raised his fist to punch Vegeta in his already broken and battered jaw, however, the punch didn't connect. "What the-!" Zarbon's eyes grew like saucers as he looked at his fist that had been stopped inches away from Vegeta's jaw.

'Not today, blue boy! Vegeta, if any of your friends have a rescue plan, tell them to enact it. Bardock is in the computer and the others are awaiting restoration,' the prince heard in his mind.

Summoning his dwindling power, Vegeta Ouji spoke through the mental link he had with Piccolo. 'Piccolo, Jean, anyone who can hear me, I don't have a lot of time, so get this fast. Come to the place where the blue freak is holding me. Same plan used to rescue Cilvi from that blue haired harridan's chi drain. The spirits of my departed race are here, so don't be alarmed. Kakarrot's Outusan is inside the computer that's generating chi draining barriers. The minute he short-circuits them, attack. Hurry, save my offspring, the unborn ones and my family!' the prince instructed.

"Ok, team, let's move out! Several lives are in the balance here! Everyone grab someone who knows Instant Movement!" Piccolo ordered and the X-team and Z sensi, along with Zyra all gathered to IT to the place the prince was being held.

Piccolo, however, did not go to the place, but instead teleported into the other dimension with another phase to the rescue mission. Focusing on a mental image, the Namekian ITed to the being's exact location. "Greetings, King Kai, I need a favor," he said in his smooth yet gruff voice.

The blue, dog-like being looked up and screamed as he eyed the Namek. "Piccolo! To what do I owe this pleasure?" he asked.

"I need to get to New Namek. Vegeta's requested to restore the universe to the way it had been before Frieza and before himself. I don't know if you were able to follow the last events...

"Yes, Piccolo, I saw when Zarbon kidnapped him, those connected to him loss consciousness and I felt their presence here in this dimension, and I heard his request but goin to Namek is not the answer," King Kai shook his large head in regret. "Even the mighty dragon, Parunga, does not have the power to restore beings who had died so long ago. I do admire his intentions, though," King Kai sighed.

"Parunga may not have such power, but I have," a tenor voice with a slight feminine lilt, unlike Frieza's, said from behind Piccolo.

The Namek turned and his blood stopped in his veins then both he and King Kai bowed. "Supreme Kai, sir, what an honor to stand in your presence, again," Piccolo remarked as the two rose.

"Thank you, Piccolo. So, Vegeta's requested to restore the universe to the way it had been before Frieza and he decimated it? That is a very admirable request and after what he's been through and the way he assisted with the Majin Buu event, it shall be granted," the Supreme Kai smiled.

"Great, can you come to Earth and restore the Saiya-jin race that Frieza destroyed first? They're in the location where Vegeta's being held hostage against his will for another to enjoy himself," Piccolo related in a nutshell.

"What are we waiting for then? Lead the way!" the Supreme Kai invited and Piccolo took his hand and the two ITed to the place where Vegeta was being held.

Piccolo and the Supreme Kai materialized in the middle of a battle royal and had to dodge chi blasts and such as they observed a blue creature fighting off beings that could not be seen except through special 'eyes.' Piccolo's eyes widened as he looked behind Vegeta a saw a tall figure that could have been the prince's twin brother then realization hit and Piccolo remembered Goku's supposed brother Raditz.

"Those must be the Saiya-jin Vegeta wishes revived," the Kai remarked just as an explosion rocked the hideaway.

"Attack now," a voice screamed and several warriors and rescuers entered the fray.

At the palace, was both excitement and mayhem as those who had fallen unconscious due in part to some link with the prince began to regain consciousness and return to the waking world. Saiya-jin and humans worked to empty tanks and dry the occupants as they came aware. Only Goku, Ceraina and the prince's two youngest children remained confined.

"I'll kill whoever took our prince and caused all this hurt!" Okrion, Ceraina's dad, cried as he gazed at his beautiful daughter's near still form.

Trunks, Goten and Kale along with their mates were the first to exit the tanks so were preparing the join the rescue party armed with a set of clothes for the prince and senzu beans so that he could regain some of his bottomed out strength. The three men instructed their mates to remain at the palace then they ITed to where Vegeta was being held captive. When they materialized, they found a score of blue beings heaped in a corner, Piccolo and a little lavender creature were in a huddle with the X-team and other Z sensi. With them were other beings with tails and spiked hair, two of whom could have been Goku's twin the resemblance was that remarkable. The three approached and gasped as they saw two figures, which could have been Prince Vegeta's carbon copies or vice versa. Kale stopped, his breathing quickening to panting speed.

"Ou-Outusan?" the younger Saiyan prince gasped as his eyes looked at one of the copies of Prince Vegeta.

That being looked up and nodded, rose then was crushed between Kale's arms. The former hugged the latter as well. "Kale, my baby boy! It's so good to lay eyes on you again!" the king smiled, his black eyes shining.

"Poppa!" Trunks went to his dad's side and went to hug him when a hand pushed him roughly away. The boy stared in shock as a second copy of his dad held onto that same being. "Poppa?"

The elder prince's head slowly turned around as he had been standing with his back to his brother, son and son's best friend. A smile touched his dry, cracked lips. "Raditz, it's ok, this is my son, Trunks and his mate, Goten. They are your nephews," Vegeta turned to fully face his son and his smile widened when he saw the clothes in the boy's hands. "For me?" he smirked breaking the boy's stupor. He still held onto Raditz, who supported the elder prince with his tail.

The elder Prince Vegeta took the clothes and dressed in front of the others-the Earth-jin had turned in a way so as not to look at the prince's unclothed body. "Here, dad, I figured you might need one of these," Trunks said and handed something to his dad.

"Senzu bean, thanks!" the elder prince smiled, popped the bean into his mouth then waited for his power to return, which it did almost instantly. "God, I feel mortal again! C'mon, all, let's blow this Popsicle stand! Are you coming or staying, Raditz?" Vegeta Ouji tossed over his shoulder as he and the rescuers gathered in a huddle.

"Ah, coming. What about the prisoners?" Raditz asked and the prince puffed an exasperated breath.

Vegeta would have preferred to leave that blue freak and his army to become worm food, but considering the other long haired Saiyan had once had a thing for that freak, he decided he'd leave him alive. Tossing back his own long waist length hair, the prince walked over to the pile of blue bodies, considered one other option then sighed. Cringing with disgust, Vegeta, the elder prince, put a hand to his forehead and the other one against the pile of blue bodies, nodded his head and every one grabbed a hand of someone who knew Instant Transmission then teleported to the palace. "Raditz, I want you and Nappa to take these prisoners to the dungeon. I do not want to see any of them. If you want to care for them, be my guest," the elder price remarked in snobbish accents.

The two large Saiyans did as they were requested and the elder prince went to greet the newly revived Saiya-jin and wait for his mates and infant offspring to regain consciousness. The prince also gave the Supreme Kai the go ahead to restore the dead races of the universe, however...

"Don't you think this should be performed on another planet? Earth just isn't large enough," Piccolo pointed out and Vegeta agreed then sent out a telepathic message across space.

'Valeria, can you hear me? This is Prince Vegeta of the Saiyan race," Vegeta spoke.

'I can hear you, my sweetling, how may I assist you?' was the response.

'I'm about to have several hundred thousand alien races restored from the other dimension. The planet I live on is not large enough to hold so many beings. May I request-?'

'Vegeta, this planet is half yours, my little prince. Come and I'll take care of the rest,' Valeria responded and the prince nodded.

"Let's go, you two. Trunks, Kale, tell Kakarrot, Ceraina and the little ones I'll return soon," Vegeta the prince said, took the Supreme Kai and Piccolo's hands then Instant Transmissioned to Planet Vincente.

Queen Valeria, Queen Araknia and King Togar met the Saiyan prince and his friends in front of Palace Vincente where Vegeta gave the Supreme Kai the nod to restore the other races to the physical plane from the other dimension. In no time, several hundred thousand races that had been obliterated at the hands of the Saiya-jin when they had worked for Frieza had been restored. Only a few raced had not been restored and those were the ones that had attacked the no Ouji when he sought to make peace with them. They included the Kellogg-18-jin, the Ispan-12-jin and the Espion-5-jin. The prince again forwarded the apologies of his race, formed alliances with the newly restored races, informed them that Frieza was back in the physical dimension and to be on their guard should they sense his approach. Leaving the relocation process in the capable hands of Valeria, Togar and a host of his other allies, Vegeta thanked the Supreme Kai then he and Piccolo ITed back to Earth where the prince greeted his family and friends, however, the Supreme Kai followed.

"Vegeta, may I have a word with you? It regards those females who are with children." Kaioshin, the Supreme Kai, requested.

The prince nodded and went to gather Trunks, Goten, Kale and Kakarrot, who had not long ago exited the healing tank, so that the Kai could tell them all his news regarding their breeding females "Is there anything the matter with our breeding females?" Vegeta, the prince, asked in haughty accents and the Kai nodded.

Kaioshin hung his head. "Your females will not survive the deliveries. I hate to tell you all this because I sense how close you Saiya-jin are to your females," Kaioshin replied. Then the small lavender being turned to the prince and with a heavy sigh said, "Vegeta, the child in your female will not even see birth."

The men gasped except for Vegeta who had folded his arms in thought. "Why, Supreme Kai? Why don't our females survive the delivery of our chimps and the one in Ceraina not see birth?" he asked in a deceptively quiet voice.

"Because they will be needed in the other dimension to defend it against an enemy that is a threat to both dimensions and that only females can seem to conquer. The last time this monster rose was not long after Bibbidi had returned Majin Buu to his egg so long ago. We had employed a group of Amazons who had crossed over from the planet Amazonia at that time because we had no idea a race such as the Saiya-jin existed. I cannot tell why the child of you and Ceraina will not see birth" Kaioshin hung his head.

"There weren't nearly as many females then, I doubt it would have helped if you had. Ok, Shin; far be it from me to stand in the way of my warriors, even my princesses, to accept so great a challenge. It is a small price to pay for the restoration of the races that Frieza had us annihilate. Thank you, sir, I am honored to be of service," the prince bowed to the Supreme Kai of the universe.

Goku's mouth hung to the floor. 'Vegeta, bowing to another in humility? Unreal, the mighty small prince has changed a lot!' the mighty larger Saiyan thought to himself as he, too, bowed.

"Rise, sons of Saiya, you needn't bow to me. You helped to obliterate Majin Buu, so now, we are equals. I will care for your females and will restore them when the mission is complete," Shin spoke after the males had risen to their feet.

"We are planning to relocate to a planet called Kale-aleasei. I will IT into the other dimension, only when you say it is clear to do so, and let you know when we leave this planet so you can send them there," then Vegeta turned to his brother, sons and male mate. "I want none of this conversation whispered to a soul. We have one Earth year to prepare. It will be your choice whether to spend it closer to your female passions or divide your time. For now, I must get myself back together for the war fight with Frieza not long hence," the elder prince said then left the group, headed to his chamber and prepared to indulge in a much needed wash and cleansing.

Although the conditions in which Zarbon had imprisoned him were much cleaner than what Frieza had and despite that blue being cleansing the Saiyan prince after ever passion release, Vegeta felt dirty and gritty. He knew that no amount of cleansing or washing would clear away the scars to his mind, emotions and heart. He knew it would take a long time to restore the bond that he and Kakarrot had shared. As he stood under the pulsating shower, Vegeta shook with raw emotion and could do nothing but cry as he tried to hold the brunt of the feelings inside his being. Failing miserably, Vegeta cut his wash short, chi-dried his body, slid on a teal colored bodysuit and black boots, then he teleported to a deserted planet and let his Pilzara powers have full reign.

Goku, who had been sitting with his parents, mates and their majesties, perked up as if he had sensed something and his body began to tremble. He looked up, his mouth hung open as he gasped, "V-Vegeta, no! No, don't do it!" and with that the mighty Saiyan was gone in an instant, which left those around him wondering what was going on. Pinpointing his prince's location, Goku materialized on the planet Vegeta had teleported to in order to expend his emotions. Again, Goku was privy to Vegeta's awesome Pilzara power in the guise of a giant ware-gorilla. "Oh, Vegeta..." he shook his head.

'Pull his tail, Goku. Even though he's at such an incredible level, the tail is still his most sensitive and painful spot,' a voice rang in the large Saiyan's head.

Ignoring any danger to his being, Goku heeded the voice. He powered up to his highest Super Saiyan level, swooped down and grabbed hold of his prince's lush thick fox-like tail and pulled but not to the point of breaking the beautiful appendage from his love's body.

Feeling a sudden pressure behind him, the Vegeta-Pilzara howled in intense pain. He became rigid then he lost hold on the transformation and began descending back to his mortal state. Vegeta fell to the ground but still felt that pressure at the base of his spine, however, it had lessened in strength then disappeared entirely. He turned to find a still powered up Kakarrot staring at him in wonder and hurt. Vegeta folded his arms and turned his back to the mighty Saiyan.

"What are you doing here, Kakarrot?" Vegeta's voice was terse for an understandable reason and his breathing heavy from transforming.

"I don't know. I know our bond has been shattered. I don't know how to repair it. The others are waiting for you," and with that Goku teleported from in front of the smaller Saiyan.

Heaving a large sigh and focusing on the link he had with his eldest infant daughter and teleported to her location.

"Hi, daddy! Wanna spar? You look like you could use it. It's good to be awake again. Did you see the kids in the other dimension? I can't wait they're born, can you, Endive?" Cilvi asked her younger brother, who shook his jet-black head.

Vegeta smiled at his youngest chimps. "C'mere," he held his arms out to them and they both knew what he wanted. "I love the both of you. Have you met your Grand-Tousan and Uncle Raditz, yet?" the prince asked and received positive nods in stereo. "How do you find them?"

"Grandpa's as handsome as you are, daddy and so is Uncle Raditz! Both are strong but not like you and they're not ruthless. They're really nice. Can we take him and Uncle Raditz shopping?" the princess asked, which brought a smile to Vegeta's pensive face.

"We'll see, angel. For now, I need to find Grandpappa. You two go play," the prince smiled, let go of his chimps then went to find the king.

It was not a hard job to locate the king. Like any Saiyan, he was indulging in the second most favored Saiyan past time besides fighting, eating. The king sat with Bardock, the queen and Onya, Kayla and Ceraina. The younger couples had gone off to themselves and Raditz, Kale, Broli, Turles and Nappa had found others they had been acquainted with on the home planet and that group had gone to spar. The prince entered the space cautiously when ten pairs of eyes looked up at him.

"Ichimi, come, we saved you some," the queen smiled as her eldest entered the group to sit beside her majesty.

Vegeta had grabbed a pterodactyl leg and began to munch on it. He eyed his Outusan as the monarch sat between Bardock and the queen. The prince had been told about the bond between Bardock and the king, or rather, he had figured such a thing out since Raditz looked too much like the two of them for the idea not to be true. Was that why he had been so drawn to Kakarrot? Was it in their gene pool? He knew that he was staring so he dropped his eyes to hide his thoughts, which could be plainly read by those closest to him, as he finished off the drumstick he had picked up

"Vegeta, we need to talk. Is there some place we can be alone?" the king's voice cut into Vegeta's thoughts.

The prince nodded, got up and was followed by the king. Prince Vegeta headed for the training area and one of the gravity pods, let the king enter ahead of himself then followed and closed the door. Once the door was secured, the king stood by it as his prince walked a little away, a stray sniff sounded in the chamber and the king knew his son was crying. Clenching his hands into fists, the king drew an angered breath then turned to hide his own emotions, however, he knew his son needed comfort more so he approached the prince and embraced him tightly. "Let it out, my son. Ichimi, I know what you're going through, believe me," the king said in a voice choked by sobs. "And carrying his chimp makes the disjunction of the bond even more difficult to bear."

Vegeta Ouji turned and found his Outusan, the strong and mighty King Vegeta in tears, his body wracked by the violence of the emotion. Swallowing his own sorrow, the prince held his sire to comfort him. "Shh, poppa, it's all right. What happened, please tell me," the prince implored as he twined the Ou's tail through his fingers.

Outside, Ceraina had moved to sit beside the queen and put her head on the royal female's shoulder. "My queen, I'm afraid and it's not for Oujimi's and my mateship but for his and Kakarrot's. It will suffer greatly because of this incident," Ceraina fretted, tears shining in her black eyes.

The queen patted the younger girl on the back and took hold of her tail to twine it for comfort. "I know, my daughter. It was the same when I found out that Vegeta Ou had been taken by that white savage bastard," the queen growled in anger as hot tears cascaded down her lovely face.

Ceraina lifted her head to look at the queen, her mouth hanging open in surprise. "Vegeta Ou, our strong and mighty king? What happened?" the girl asked.

Sunrissa sniffed, wiped at the tears that fell and began to relate an incident to the younger female. "Before Vegeta had mated with me, he had mated with Bardock while they were in the early stages of their openness. The king gave Bardock himself as a reward for his bravery in battle. The four of us were the best of friends. Well, Onya is my aunt, after all, but that's beside the point. The four of us attended the training center-don't ever remind his majesty, he'd just deny it-to strengthen our skills and find more challenging opponents than the chicken weakling servants and slaves that abounded at the palace. Oh, my daughter, our king was living artwork when he fought. The entire center would stop functioning just to watch Vegeta Ou and Bardock as they sparred or battled. The bond they shared was the deepest of the male bonds and only contested by the bond my aunt and I have with the two of them. Their power readings were off the chart! I never understood why some dip brained idiot ranked Bardock as a low-level third class warrior, he was...electrifying! And Bardock was a genius of a scientist! It was he who had suggested using a chi ball to simulate the full moon the males needed to transform into Oozuro. Vegeta and Bardock had been sent on a planet purge by Vegeta's sire. Talk about ruthless! My King Vegeta is a definite pussycat when put against his own sire. If I remember correctly, it was that king who had accepted the alliance with the Ice-jin and he sold most of the lower class females to be slaves and lap ornaments to those beasts. Anyway, on the mission the king had nearly been killed. I was so glad Bardock was with him. The way I was told of the incident was that the planet the team had been sent to purge was said to be a weak back water planet like this one, only the purge turned into a blood bath. We lost many brave warriors on the mission and the then prince never forgave his sire for his actions. Nonetheless, my Prince Vegeta had been blasted into helplessness and was waiting for the final blast but that blast never came. Vegeta looked and found that Bardock had shielded them against the finishing move then he brought the two of them back to Vegetasei where Bardock placed my prince into a healing tank. After my prince was recovered, he wanted to reward Bardock for his bravery and gave that warrior the highest reward he could think of. My Prince Vegeta gave himself to his warrior and savior and contributed one half of Raditz. The two had to hide their love and the bond from Vegeta's Outusan as the latter hated open males and regarded them as freaks and weaklings of creation. That king sold many open males to the Ice-jin. No one was happier with the news that King Vegeta had met with a hunting accident than my Prince Vegeta," Sunrissa stopped to draw a breath.

"What happened to the old king?" Ceraina asked, curiosity piquing.

"He was found in the forest with a blast threw his chest and his head ripped from his shoulders. One thing about the old king, he never wore a scouter to assure his safety," the queen smirked.

"Did anyone know who killed the king?" Raina asked, not surprised as her own Outusan had told her of the old tyrant while the family was on Igthar-9.

"Neither Onya nor myself would be here if anyone other than my Prince Vegeta and Bardock had known. Prince Vegeta was in recovery and the two of us went to see him. Bardock had not left the king's side since they had returned from the mission. Vegeta had said that he wished that there was at least one Saiyan who was not intimidated by his Outusan and who had the guts to kill that tyrant. He said the murder would have to look like an enemy had done the job. Well, you know how teens think and females were not treated as citizens, so we could get away with whatever we wanted and we did. My aunt and I found the Ou sparring with Nappa, so we hid in the trees to wait for the chance to present itself. When we saw that chance, we took it. Onya had thrown a blast into a nearby bush, which caused Nappa to leave to go extinguish the flames, and then we attacked. There was very little blood. That is why his mother dislikes the two of us but she can't really prove anything. When Vegetanna found out about her mate, she faded into the crone she is now and I really don't care. She's weak and knows that she can't hurt me, even though we are both Femzoro Saiyan females. I can kill her with a bat of my lashes if I chose, but be that as it may. I didn't mean to ramble. When Tanna's son took the throne, he sought to sever the alliance with the Ice-jin but the Ice-jin had other plans. Not long after I pushed my first born into the universe and before I pushed out the twins, Ichimi Vegeta had gone to join his dad for their daily sparring session. Oujimi was two Saiyan years of age when he had gone to enter into the training chamber," Sunrissa's resolve suddenly crumbles with an audible crash as the deep sorrow of a long buried memory broke to the surface of her being.

It was now the younger female's turn to offer her queen and near mother (mother-in-law) comfort and she took hold of the queen's broad yet delicate shoulders and held her close. "Oh, my queen, I can't imagine what could bring such a mighty female to this state," the girl uttered at a complete loss for words.

Queen Sunrissa shook her head and pushed slightly against the younger female but the tears continued to fall. "I-Ichimi had gone into the chamber and stumble upon a sight no child should ever have to witness. He found that accursed Ice-jin prince having the time of his life with my mate, his Outusan. Chibi froze and couldn't move until he heard Vegeta Ou cry in pain, then my little warrior lost his resolve and dove at the tyrant with an incredible speed. That white bastard caught my baby by the tail while he was still buried inside the Ou. Frieza rasped that he would teach both monkey tailed abominations a lesson that they would never forget. Frieza then tore himself from my mate and that freak; that black lipped, perverted piece of space trash took hold of my baby and impaled Chibi onto his massive member and proceeded to rip my two year old son apart. He raped my baby!" Sunrissa yelled and her power exploded.

Ceraina could not believe what she had just heard. Her prince, her love, her mate and Kakarrot's mate had been forced as a baby by that disgusting terror of every race in the Universe. Ceraina had felt the change in the queen's power, crossed the two of them off before the queen's Femzoro power had erupted, put two fingers to her head to teleport them away from the others. A strangle cry escaped her delicate throat as she gave into her own sorrow and her power also erupted. The planetoid they had teleported to reverberated with both the transformation and the power of the two Femzoro Saiya-jin females as they rampaged and expressed their sorrow.